Essays: Political, Historical, and MiscellaneousW. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... Amidst all the innumer- able combinations of character , event , and dialogue , which he has formed , he has ever proved faithful to the polar star of duty ; and alone , perhaps , of the great romance writers of the world , has not left ...
... Amidst all the innumer- able combinations of character , event , and dialogue , which he has formed , he has ever proved faithful to the polar star of duty ; and alone , perhaps , of the great romance writers of the world , has not left ...
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... amidst its solitary scenes , and to approach to a nearer communion with his Father , amidst the sublimest of his works . It is with similar feelings , and to worship the same Father , that the Christian is per- mitted to enter the ...
... amidst its solitary scenes , and to approach to a nearer communion with his Father , amidst the sublimest of his works . It is with similar feelings , and to worship the same Father , that the Christian is per- mitted to enter the ...
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... amidst the night of ages to create light by a word ? In an instant , the sun is seen suspended in the heavens , in the midst of an immense azure vault ; with invisible bonds he envelops the planets , and whirls them round his burning ...
... amidst the night of ages to create light by a word ? In an instant , the sun is seen suspended in the heavens , in the midst of an immense azure vault ; with invisible bonds he envelops the planets , and whirls them round his burning ...
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... amidst its watery wastes , the life which first succeeded to chaos , all stand revealed . To the astonishment of mankind , the order of creation , unfolded in Genesis , is proved by the contents of the earth beneath every part of its ...
... amidst its watery wastes , the life which first succeeded to chaos , all stand revealed . To the astonishment of mankind , the order of creation , unfolded in Genesis , is proved by the contents of the earth beneath every part of its ...
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... Amidst the different instincts which the Sovereign of the universe has implanted in nature , one of the most wonderful is that which every year brings the fish of the Pole to our temperate region . They come , without once mistaking ...
... Amidst the different instincts which the Sovereign of the universe has implanted in nature , one of the most wonderful is that which every year brings the fish of the Pole to our temperate region . They come , without once mistaking ...
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Page 350 - Nearer to the beach, the tide rippled onward in waves of sparkling silver, that imperceptibly, yet rapidly, gained upon the sand. With a mind employed in admiration of the romantic scene, or perhaps on some more agitating topic, Miss Wardour advanced in silence by her father's side, whose recently offended dignity did not stoop to open any conversation. Following the windings of the beach, they passed one projecting point or headland of rock after another, and now found themselves under a huge and...